Truck and wagon dump



R. K. PARENTI TRUCK AND WAGON DUMP.

APPLICATION vFILED JUNE 9, I920.

IIABGL Patented. Nov. 21, w22.

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n. K. PARENT. TRUCK AND WAGON DUMP.

APPLlCATlON FILED ,IUNE 9, 1920.

jl, A jl, o Patented Nov. 2L w22'.

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TRUCK AND WAGGN DUMP.

Application led .Tune 9. 1926.

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it known that l, Ram-H lli. PARENT) a citizen of the United States.yresiding' at Union City, in the county of Darke and State oit Qliio.have invented a new and useful 'lruck and lVa-,fron Dump, of which thefollowing is a specification.

ln the average small country grain elevator, there is an equipmentprovided for dumping` ordinary farm wagons loaded with grain,y suchequipment comprising an elevated hoistin` drum and a pair of dumpingcables) each ot which is provided at its lower end with a ring or eyewhich may be easily slipped over the outer ends of the hubs olf thefront wheels of the wagon, so that the wagon may thus be lift-ed at itsforward end to cause dumping,

it the present timeE there is a gradual increase olf use ol: automobiletrucks by tarmers. and the object of my present invention is to providea device which may be readily used in conjunction with theabove-mentioned existing wagon-dumping mechanism, by which the contentsof automobile trucs may be as readily dumped.

'lhe accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Fig 1 is a sideelevation7 largely diagrammatic in character, oi" my irnyufovement; Fig.Q a vertical section at right angles to the plane olf 1; Fig. aAfragmentary plan of the cradle which is p:'ovided tor the reception otthe 'front wheels or automobile trucks, and the adjacent floor space; Fig. 4 a fragmentary section on line 4.-4 ol? Fig. Il; and Fig'. 5 aYragxnentarv section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

.ln the drawings, 10 indicates the usual dumping door provided with areceiving opening' 1l7 closed by a trap door 12. At an elevated pointthe winding drum 13 is mounted and provided with two hoisting cables 14(only one of which is shown) each passed over an idler 15 and providedat its lree end with an eye 16 adapted to be slipped over the outer endof the hub ot a liront wheel of an ordinary farm wagon. Drum 13 isdriven by any suitable means, as, for instance, sprocket wheel 1T, chain1S, sprocket wheel 19, and shaft 20, equipped either with a hand crank21 or pulley 22, which may be belted to a suitable source of power.

For the purpose of utilizing the abovementioned structure, which iscommon for handling` of automobile trucks, l form an opening 30 in whichl mount a cradle comserial no. 337,603.

prising the two parallel side angle irons y being' spaced apart adistance somewhat less than the diameter of the normal iront wheels otsuch t-rucks,` so that such wheels may be cradled between the side irons3], as indicated in Fig. 1.

llecui .mi to each pair ot l beams 32 is a pair or channel irons 33which are extended beyond each end of the cradle, so as to receive the34 ot' a vertically placed l -beam 85, and be thereby guided in verticalmovement.

Attached to each pair oit channel irons 33 is a pulley block 35.Attached at an elevated point 23T substantially in the vertical plane eleach pulley block 36, is one end ot a cable 38 which is passed beneaththe adjacent pulley block 36 and is provided at its lires end with ahook 39 which may be readily hooked into eye 16, the arrangement being`such that an automobile truck having; been driven to position with its'front wheels lying between side arms 31, and resting; upon platform 40which fills the space between said side irons and the inner beams 32,hooks 39 may be hooked into eyes 1G and cables 14 then wound up on drum13 so to lift cradle 551-32 and lift 'the automobile to the positionshown in Fig. 1,

the cradle 31-32 serving to retain the truck in longitudinal position.

lt will be noted that by theI above arrangement7 the existing hoistinglmechanism, which is properly proportioned to be able to lift the frontend oit` the ordinary farm wagon when loaded, is also available7 byreason of the multiplying,r action of cables S upon the cradle 3l-32, toas readily litt the forward end oi the much heavier loaded automol'iiletruck, and a consequence, the ogferator oi the elevator is able tohandle trade coming to him both by way ol the ordinary farm wagon and byway olf automobile truck.

l claim my invention:

l. Vehicle dumping apparatus comprising` a winding' drum7 pair oisuspended hoisting cables equipped with means for engagement with thevtorward end of a wagon.y a vertically movable 'cradle adapted toreceive 'the forward end of an automobile truck and means associatedwith said cradle support at one end, passed beneath pulley 10 ilorconnection with said hoisting cables. blocks on the cradle, andprovide-d with 2. Vehicle dumping apparatus comprising means at theirfree ends tor attachment a winding drum, a pair of suspended hoistwithsaid l'ioisting cables.

ing cables equipped with means for engage- In witness whereof7 I havehereunto set nient with the forward end of a wagon, a my hand at UnionCity., ndiana, this 5 l vertically movable cradle adapted to receive dayof June, A. D. one thousand nine hunthe forward end of an automobiletruck, and dred and twenty.

a pair of lifting cables attached to a fixed RALPH K. PARENT.

